Why might many living in poverty or social difficulty not to be adhering to the lockdown rudes
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As unconfirmed reports of a novel coronavirus disease-associated nationwide lockdown swirled in India ahead of the official announcement on March 24, Savita, a domestic help in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital, requested the homeowners she serviced, to let her come despite the temporary but mandatory hiatus. Savita lives in a makeshift hut, in an informal settlement in north Mumbai, Maharashtra, with her husband, a daily wage earner and a child.
They have access to electricity only on Sundays.
She prefers to be out on work from Monday to Saturday because staying outdoors offers her a brief respite from the electricity-starved environment at home, especially in summers. With the lockdown, she would be forced to endure rising temperatures without any cooling support.India declared a 21-day national lockdown on March 24 to rein in further spread of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Savita has no choice. She is now firmly entrenched in her hut in Mumbai even as the India Meteorological Department warned that the months of March, April and May are “likely to be warmer than normal” over northwest, west, central and parts of south India.
Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 1135 confirmed Covid-19 cases as on April 9, 2020. Panic has set in compounded by the first recorded death and emergence of multiple cases in Mumbai’s Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums, also the setting for several films including Slumdog Millionaire and Gully Boy. The patient lived in a building constructed under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme, according to media reports.
Government data shows that 65.49 million people live in 13.92 million slum households in 2613 slum-reported towns spread across 31 states/Union Territories.An Indian Council of Medical Research study has suggested that one Covid-19 patient can infect 406 people in 30 days if he/she doesn’t adhere to lockdown.
Environmental health researchers and sustainable building design experts have flagged concerns over executing social distancing in slums (where people live cheek by jowl) and in slum rehabilitation housing (SRH) through the scorching summers, adding that social-distance enabled housing designs will need to be considered for the sustainability of low-income neighbourhoods that would have benefits for health, energy, and economy.
“The virus is something not yet very tangible for many,” said environmental health researcher Tanya Singh, of the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Singh wonders if people will stay indoors when temperatures start rising further and heat exposure is less outdoors.
“Especially if people are exposed for prolonged periods of time to heat they need to find some escape at least for a short while. Heat, but also feelings of boredom or feeling trapped and stressed are exposures people immediately feel,” she observed.
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